Becky Sauerbrunn Quotes

If you are not playing a player, any player, for two, three, four games, then you don't have to give a reason for that. But if it gets to eight or nine games, then you have to explain the situation. What's going on?

I only ever call up the best players, or at least the players who are the most suited to the way I wish to play.

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses.

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

The England team shouldn't be picked on whichever players are in the Premier League when you've got a Premier League player playing in the Championship.

Of course I want to play every game, but only 11 can start.

It's up to the coach to decide who is in the best shape to play each match.

If we are going to win games, we need 11 fit players. Sir Alex Ferguson does not pick half-fit players.

I always like to have the best players in my team.

The most important thing is that Spain have a good team no matter who plays. It is always nice to see your name spoken but the important thing is that the national team does well. But having good players for every position is important because there are always injuries, drops of form.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

They say that when it comes to the depth chart, it can change any day and that we dictate how the depth chart goes. If one person has a great day, he might be going with the 'ones.' If a person slips up a little bit, he might be going with the 'twos' and 'threes.'

Managers now don't just use 11 players; they have to care about all the squad of 25 or more players.

As a manager you're going to put out the player you think is going to best help you win the game.

We're trying to win football games, and whoever we feel like gives us the best chance is who's going to play behind center.

The coach is the one who eventually decides who makes the starting XI.

You go into training camp and you fight for jobs and often times things work themselves out. Like players just take the job, they play so well, they win it, and makes it easier on the coach to decide who is the guy that gets those minutes.

When you make your final list for the World Cup or European Championship you don't take the 23 best players, that is for sure.

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

You buy the right players for the system that you believe will be successful.

The coach can only choose 11 players to start. It is a difficult decision.

I always play players who are fit - even if it means playing out of position.

I think what Brendan Rodgers did was right; I thought it was successful. He was able to show that he was able to change several players, prove to everybody in the team that no-one's guaranteed a spot, rest a lot of key players, and at the same time walk away with a very reputable result.

I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch.

When I was in Italy, I liked to say, no, that the manager, the coach, is like a tailor. A tailor who must build a dress, the best dress for the team.